An integrated approach for assessing the urban ecosystem health of megacities in China

Cities

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 110-119

  Zeng, Chen ^a,b   Deng, Xiangzheng ^b   Xu, Shan ^c   Wang, Yiting ^a   Cui, Jiaxing ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Indicator; Megacities; TOPSIS; Urban ecosystem health

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MEGACITY; URBAN AREA;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84958973145     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2016.01.010     Document Type: Article

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